Chain
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The **chain** mechanism is created to allow the administrator to define a series of tasks or operations that will be executed in series on the target node.

The **chain** mechanism is implemented in xCAT genesis system. The genesis is a customized Linux system, if can be used to do discovery and configuration after booted on the specified node.

.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2

    chain_table.rst
    chain_tasks.rst
    run_tasks_during_discovery.rst
    run_tasks_to_configure.rst